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part of the 18th century, the sweet potato was being grown throughout the state and in the Carolinas. By then it had become one of the basic staple foods of the southern colonies.
It’s only peanuts
The peanut is thought to have originated in South America. From South America, traders carried theip to Africa and Asia and from there to Virginia.
Peanuts were not a favorite food of the early settlers. Instead, they
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